False Faces for the Disfigured Sculptress Opens Paris Atelier
Maynard Ladd of New York and Boston has opened a Paris atelier to craft lifelike copper masks for severely wounded French soldiers. Working from preinjury photos and patient likenesses, she models the head and constructs a durable copper mask that is painted to resemble skin. Masks include breathing apertures, eye openings, and optional mustaches and spectacles, designed for temporary or permanent use while soldiers await facial reconstruction or routine care.
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Americas
Mia
Maynard Ladd
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Latin Quarter
Jos
Bia
Rue Notre Dame Des Champs
Polin
Cheme Des Dames
United States
Morestin
Doctor Coutomb
Joseph Blake
Paris
America
Rome
Hostutles
Italy
France
General Pershing
Twenty Two Thousand Beauties Lose War Poster Glory
One hundred twenty thousand photographs from 22,000 women were submitted for a War Department publicity poster. Frances Jordan was selected and praised, while many entrants accept heartbreak with grace as the chosen image shines brighter than the rest.
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War Department
Aten
Biog
United States
Mise
Frances Jordan
Abe
British Women On A War Basis Card
The piece discusses how wartime Britain transformed women's roles from society symbols to active helpers. It portrays the shift from leisure to labor, with women aiding charities, nursing, and domestic management as the war reshapes occupations and daily life. The essay notes grandmothers, flappers, and housewives all adapting to new duties.
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England
Margaret Bell
London Daily Mail
Sheanya
Felda
Granny
The Flag Your Flag And Mine Poem By Branan
Poem by Frank Branan of the Vigilantes celebrates the flag with vivid imagery of blue sky stars crimson stripes and sacred unfurled emblem. It honors national symbols and heroism in a bold period voice.
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Frank Branan
The
Vigilantes
Italy to color petrol for army supply tracing sales
Italy plans to color all petrol to distinguish army fuel from civilian use. Army exclusive supply leaves little for private motorists, forcing some to pay high prices. Permanent dye aids detection of illegal purchases and will enable swift legal action for fraud.
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Italy
Wisconsin Pupils Manufacture 10000 Gun Cleaners
Wisconsin school children in Menasha manufacture another 10000 gun cleaners from waste material for troops encamped in Texas. The work is done at the Red Grass school with pupils up to seventeen years old.
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Wisconsin
Texas
Legends Of St Patrick and the Shamrock Tales
The piece recounts famed St Patrick myths including the shamrock as a teaching symbol, his legendary serpent expulsion, and miracles. It notes the Irish cherish these tales for humor and devotion, while also telling how Patrick influenced the king’s daughters and converted thousands at Tura.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Christiana
Titte
Patrick
England
Eastor
Tura
Despart
Hin
Revirn
Horse meat demand rises in New York shops
In New York horse meat shops report growing business as opposition from beat meat sellers wanes. Prices indicate rising popularity. A glove invented to improve penmanship is briefly noted as a separate innovation.
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Shape
New York
St Patrick's Day Echoes of Missing Loves
Judd Mortimer Lewis recalls distant love tied to Ireland in a wistful ballad. The speaker imagines his beloved Irish girl watching from hills as St. Patrick's Day nears, his heart breaking with every memory and call across the sea.
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Treland
Milly
Ant
Ireland
Valleen
Uriah
Collein
Sheen
Judd Mortimer Lewis
Fragmentary Quote From The Old World In The New
Excerpted lines from Edward Alnworth Jons 1914 sociology study discuss Irish traits including courage loyalty and charity while noting economic virtues and a tendency toward openness toward kin and orphans amid broader social observations with incomplete context and potential inaccuracies in transcription.
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Edward Alnworth Jons
University of Wisconsin
Nationalities at the Trish stand and labor trends
A fragment discusses immigrant groups, noting the Trish stand near a foot of the Hxt toward larceny and other crimes as rare among them. It compares Irish descendants’ labor mix to immigrant fathers, claiming halves for laborers and doubles for professionals and sales workers, with clerks and bookkeepers rising threefold.
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Hxt
Tribute to Boy Soouta and Milwaukee budget bid
Judge A O Baekis chairing campaign for Milwaukee campaign committee announces support for a five SOU three year budget. The remark praises boys and notes past career and courtroom stance. City campaign officials seek public backing for the plan.
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Boy Soouta
Aih Kei
Judge A. 0. Baekis
Milwaukee
Union Female Butchers in Wheeling West Va
A garbled OCR item reports women in Wheeling starving the local union of butchers. It mentions a dispute or policy in the Wheeling district and a claim of participation by union members. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear outcomes or dates.
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Union Female Butchers
Wheeling
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Apostle
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Dublin
St. Patrick's
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